Improvement in tables



F. H. CUTLER.

TABLES.

No.185,219. Patented Dec. 12, 1876.

UNITE FRED. H. CUTLER, 0E BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,219, dated December12, 1876 application filed May 27, 1876.

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED. H. CUTLER, of Buffalo, in the county of Erieand State of New York, have made certain Improvements in Parlor andother Tables, of which the following is a specification:

This invention is partly an improvement on my patent of June 29, 1875,No. 164,976; and the object being to simplify the construction of parlorand other tables, as hereinafter fully explained.-

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view with the movable legsswung out; Fig. 2, bottom plan of the cross pieces or stretchers,showing their attachment to the legs, 8250.; Fig. 3, detail view of theattachment of the upper part of the fixed legs; Fig. 4, detail view ofthe sanie in another position; Fig. 5, detail view of the attachment ofthe upper part of the swinging legs.

A represents the bed or stationary top of the table; B B, the twoleaves; 0 0, two legs, attached diagonally at opposite corners to theside pieces or frame part h h of the drawers a a, as hereinafter morefully explained; and G G the other two legs, that swing out from thesides to support the leaves when extended, by being attached to the endsof arms I) b, said arms being secured at their other ends to a centralpiece, 0, through which the pivot 01 sets, and on which the frameswings. These lugs and frame are antomatically thrown out, when theleaves are extended, by a spring, the same as in my former patent. Thiscenter-piece c is made in a diagonal or other form that will givegreater space for the drawers a a, and the arms I) b fold against theside pieces h h of the drawers, making a very light and compact foldingframe. r

In my former patent, above referred to, the swinging frame was oblong,and provided with drawers, which has been found inconvenient, heavy, andmore expensive to manufacture.

The drawers in the present construction are permanently attached anddirectly to the bed A, under side of the top. This allows of larger,longer, and better drawers, and the frame being lighter swings out andback more readily and easier, and simplifies the whole generalconstruction of the table.

The side pieces h h (or they may be the end pieces) are hollowed out,generally, in the form of a half-circle, c. This is to receive the upperpart of the table-legs O O, which are made round for that purpose, so asto partly set in these semicircular openings. (See Fig. 4.) These make abearing or bed for the legs, which fit in these openings, as shown. Tohold them securely in place, one or more screws, f f, are insertedthrough the piece h, and into the leg 0. The flat tops of the legs 0 0set against the bed-piece A, and the top of the legs 0 0, when extended,set against the under side of the leaves. They thus have a very firmholding. 7

By the use of these round legs and semicircular openings in thesupporting or side pieces, and the use of screws, I am enabled to doentirely away with glue or other means of fastening the legs to the bodyof any kind of furniture, or other device where legs are used, makingthe whole much stronger and iess liable to come apart. One of the chiefadvantages, however, is that in shipping one or more tables to anydistance they can be easily taken apart by merely unscrewing, and theparts laid flat in a box of small bulk, thereby saving packing, chancesof injury, and other expenses. Anyone, no matter how unskilled, can putthem together again.

The manner of attaching the bottom frame or stretehers g g to the legs 0O is also by screws but as the wood-work is light, additional strengthis obtained by the use of a -metal stay or angle iron, 6, set on theunder side of the ends of these pieces 9 g, and the angle part againstthe leg, and there screwed to both.

The swinging legs 0 O are also attached to the arms I) b by screws,andthe ends of the arms hollowed out, as shown in Fig. 5, to receive theround portion of these legs similar to the other legs 0 O.

I claim- The combinatiouof the bed drawers a a h h, hinged leaves B B,and legs 0 G, and the swinging frame b b 0, carrying the legs 0 G,substantially as hereinbefore specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

F. H. CUTLER. Witnesses:

J. R. DRAKE, T. H. PARSONS.

A, stationary

